H.R. Adyanthaya vs Sandoz (India) Ltd on 11 August, 1994
On the other hand, the documentary material which was placed by the first respondent on record showed that the duties which were discharged by the petitioner were of an administrative and managerial nature. The Industrial Court has discussed the documentary material which was produced by the first respondent and has had due regard to the duties that were performed by the petitioner in arriving at its conclusion. The Industrial Court was conscious of the position in law that it was not enough for the complainant to show that he did not fall within any of the exclusionary clauses in Section 2(s), but that it would be necessary to establish that the nature of work brought the employee within the substantive part of the provision. This as already noted is consistent with the position in law which has been laid down by the Supreme Court in H. R. Advanthaya (supra). In the present case the Industrial Court on the basis of the material before it was justified in coming to the conclusion that the petitioner did not fall in any one of the categories specified in the substantive part of Section 2(s). The work that was performed by the petitioner was not work of a clerical nature as sought to be contended by him. Nor for that matter did the petitioner fall in any of the other categories set out in the substantive part of Section 2(s). That being the position and consistent with the law which has been laid down by the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, the question as to whether the petitioner fell in any one of the excepted categories is of subsidiary importance. Be that as it may, in order to render a full and complete adjudication in this matter, it is also necessary to determine as to whether the work that was performed by the petitioner was one in which he was employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity.